diff --git a/src/qt/forms/debugwindow.ui b/src/qt/forms/debugwindow.ui
index d8112117cc..bce578a158 100644
--- a/src/qt/forms/debugwindow.ui
+++ b/src/qt/forms/debugwindow.ui
@@ -1077,14 +1077,17 @@
                 </widget>
                </item>
                <item row="1" column="0">
-                <widget class="QLabel" name="label_23">
+                <widget class="QLabel" name="peerConnectionTypeLabel">
+                 <property name="toolTip">
+                   <string>The type of peer connection:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inbound: initiated by peer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outbound Full Relay: default&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outbound Block Relay: does not relay transactions or addresses&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outbound Manual: added using RPC %1 or %2/%3 configuration options&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outbound Feeler: short-lived, for testing addresses&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outbound Address Fetch: short-lived, for soliciting addresses&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</string>
+                 </property>
                  <property name="text">
-                  <string>Direction</string>
+                  <string>Connection Type</string>
                  </property>
                 </widget>
                </item>
                <item row="1" column="1">
-                <widget class="QLabel" name="peerDirection">
+                <widget class="QLabel" name="peerConnectionType">
                  <property name="cursor">
                   <cursorShape>IBeamCursor</cursorShape>
                  </property>
diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
index 8205b0506c..430ecd322f 100644
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
@@ -764,6 +764,19 @@ QString NetworkToQString(Network net)
     assert(false);
 }
 
+QString ConnectionTypeToQString(ConnectionType conn_type)
+{
+    switch (conn_type) {
+    case ConnectionType::INBOUND: return QObject::tr("Inbound");
+    case ConnectionType::OUTBOUND_FULL_RELAY: return QObject::tr("Outbound Full Relay");
+    case ConnectionType::BLOCK_RELAY: return QObject::tr("Outbound Block Relay");
+    case ConnectionType::MANUAL: return QObject::tr("Outbound Manual");
+    case ConnectionType::FEELER: return QObject::tr("Outbound Feeler");
+    case ConnectionType::ADDR_FETCH: return QObject::tr("Outbound Address Fetch");
+    } // no default case, so the compiler can warn about missing cases
+    assert(false);
+}
+
 QString formatDurationStr(int secs)
 {
     QStringList strList;
diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.h b/src/qt/guiutil.h
index 4bef13efb5..c471b888f7 100644
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.h
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.h
@@ -7,17 +7,18 @@
 
 #include <amount.h>
 #include <fs.h>
+#include <net.h>
 #include <netaddress.h>
 
 #include <QEvent>
 #include <QHeaderView>
 #include <QItemDelegate>
+#include <QLabel>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QProgressBar>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QTableView>
-#include <QLabel>
 
 class QValidatedLineEdit;
 class SendCoinsRecipient;
@@ -228,6 +229,9 @@ namespace GUIUtil
     /** Convert enum Network to QString */
     QString NetworkToQString(Network net);
 
+    /** Convert enum ConnectionType to QString */
+    QString ConnectionTypeToQString(ConnectionType conn_type);
+
     /** Convert seconds into a QString with days, hours, mins, secs */
     QString formatDurationStr(int secs);
 
diff --git a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
index 61f47e3ad3..e081706c5a 100644
--- a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ RPCConsole::RPCConsole(interfaces::Node& node, const PlatformStyle *_platformSty
     ui->dataDir->setToolTip(ui->dataDir->toolTip().arg(QString(nonbreaking_hyphen) + "datadir"));
     ui->blocksDir->setToolTip(ui->blocksDir->toolTip().arg(QString(nonbreaking_hyphen) + "blocksdir"));
     ui->openDebugLogfileButton->setToolTip(ui->openDebugLogfileButton->toolTip().arg(PACKAGE_NAME));
+    ui->peerConnectionTypeLabel->setToolTip(ui->peerConnectionTypeLabel->toolTip().arg("addnode").arg(QString(nonbreaking_hyphen) + "addnode").arg(QString(nonbreaking_hyphen) + "connect"));
 
     if (platformStyle->getImagesOnButtons()) {
         ui->openDebugLogfileButton->setIcon(platformStyle->SingleColorIcon(":/icons/export"));
@@ -1111,7 +1112,7 @@ void RPCConsole::updateDetailWidget()
     ui->timeoffset->setText(GUIUtil::formatTimeOffset(stats->nodeStats.nTimeOffset));
     ui->peerVersion->setText(QString::number(stats->nodeStats.nVersion));
     ui->peerSubversion->setText(QString::fromStdString(stats->nodeStats.cleanSubVer));
-    ui->peerDirection->setText(stats->nodeStats.fInbound ? tr("Inbound") : tr("Outbound"));
+    ui->peerConnectionType->setText(GUIUtil::ConnectionTypeToQString(stats->nodeStats.m_conn_type));
     ui->peerNetwork->setText(GUIUtil::NetworkToQString(stats->nodeStats.m_network));
     if (stats->nodeStats.m_permissionFlags == PF_NONE) {
         ui->peerPermissions->setText(tr("N/A"));
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index ddbd7e9142..c4561fa1b4 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ static RPCHelpMan getpeerinfo()
                             {RPCResult::Type::BOOL, "inbound", "Inbound (true) or Outbound (false)"},
                             {RPCResult::Type::BOOL, "bip152_hb_to", "Whether we selected peer as (compact blocks) high-bandwidth peer"},
                             {RPCResult::Type::BOOL, "bip152_hb_from", "Whether peer selected us as (compact blocks) high-bandwidth peer"},
-                            {RPCResult::Type::STR, "connection_type", "Type of connection: \n" + Join(CONNECTION_TYPE_DOC, ",\n") + ".\n"
-                                                                      "Please note this output is unlikely to be stable in upcoming releases as we iterate to\n"
-                                                                      "best capture connection behaviors."},
                             {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "startingheight", "The starting height (block) of the peer"},
                             {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "synced_headers", "The last header we have in common with this peer"},
                             {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "synced_blocks", "The last block we have in common with this peer"},
@@ -156,6 +153,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan getpeerinfo()
                                                               "Only known message types can appear as keys in the object and all bytes received\n"
                                                               "of unknown message types are listed under '"+NET_MESSAGE_COMMAND_OTHER+"'."}
                             }},
+                            {RPCResult::Type::STR, "connection_type", "Type of connection: \n" + Join(CONNECTION_TYPE_DOC, ",\n") + ".\n"
+                                                                      "Please note this output is unlikely to be stable in upcoming releases as we iterate to\n"
+                                                                      "best capture connection behaviors."},
                         }},
                     }},
                 },